Triple Temptation
"For Blaze! For Ash!"
At that exact moment, the countdown reached zero.
The Shadow-Ash in the crater didn't explode with fire. He exploded with gravity. A massive, circular rift opened up beneath the entire battlefield, a mouth of absolute obsidian that defied the laws of the physical world. It wasn't just a hole in the ice; it was a puncture in the fabric of existence.
The sound was a long, low groan that vibrated in the marrow of everyone's bones.
"Rhea!" Zane’s scream changed from anger to pure, unadulterated terror as his momentum carried him not toward her, but into the yawning dark.